Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the delicate, ultimate branches of a nerve-cell process.
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- noun the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded
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Examples
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Astrocytes (white arrowheads), neuropile (dashed circle), and a neuron (yellow arrow) are indicated.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Marta Gómez-Gonzalo et al. 2010
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(the first optic neuropile), and long visual fibres, which project directly to the medulla
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter Skorupski et al. 2010
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